DIY: Building an Author Website

First Things First An author site starts with a domain. This is your web address. Even if and author isn't ready to get started on her site, registering her domain means no one else can use it. An author can either do this through a service like register.com or iwantmyname.com for a small monthly or annual fee or through a website builder like Wordpress.org or Squarespace. If an author's name is already taken (janedoe.com), try adding %u201Cwriter%u201D to the end (janedoewriter.com). If %u201C.com%u201D is taken, Raymond advises trying %u201C.net.%u201D It%u2019s best not to use a book title as a domain, especially if an author plans on writing more than one.